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AngryJoe Plays Destiny - Pre-Review Impressions

ElRenmazuoElRenmazuo Member RarePosts: 5,361

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cExMKVbQdQ

You know a game is good when it makes Angry Joe behave in a calm and civilized manor

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  • RoinRoin Member RarePosts: 3,444
    Still trying to figure out why anyone listens to him.

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    In Peace - Vigilance.
    In Death - Sacrifice.

  • ElRenmazuoElRenmazuo Member RarePosts: 5,361
    Originally posted by DMKano

    I agree with him about lowering the hype way down - the scope of the game is not massive at all.

    Its a 6 person co-op "halo" with a bit of borderlands in it.

     

    Yea but its halo and borderlands with a persistent online world where you can roam freely in a open world and run into other random players while you travel, that is what people like about it on top of the smooth gameplay and sleek graphics, halo was just a linear single player game.  Also public events does allow multiple fire teams.  Plus you can make your own characters.

  • KinchyleKinchyle Member Posts: 309
    Angry Joe has been irrelevant for years....
  • ElRenmazuoElRenmazuo Member RarePosts: 5,361
    Originally posted by DMKano
     

    Roam freely in open world? - you mean roam freely in a single playable area per planet?

    Earth - Old Russia is the only map - you can't roam freely outside of it to see any of the other continents.

    All other planets are this way - the scope of the game is around group play - its small.

     

    Are you saying Skyrim or GTA is not a open world game because you couldnt roam outside of Skyrim or outside of Liberty City?

  • laseritlaserit Member LegendaryPosts: 7,591
    Originally posted by ElRenmazuo
    Originally posted by DMKano
     

    Roam freely in open world? - you mean roam freely in a single playable area per planet?

    Earth - Old Russia is the only map - you can't roam freely outside of it to see any of the other continents.

    All other planets are this way - the scope of the game is around group play - its small.

     

    Are you saying Skyrim or GTA is not a open world game because you couldnt roam outside of Skyrim or outside of Liberty City?

    How big are the zones? What would you compare them to size wise.

     

    Curious

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  • BurntCabbageBurntCabbage Member UncommonPosts: 482
    Originally posted by Roin
    Still trying to figure out why anyone listens to him.


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  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,061
    Originally posted by Roin
    Still trying to figure out why anyone listens to him.

     

    Yes, he's a bit of a clown, but as someone who does watch his videos, I would say my reasons are as such: 

     

    He's an honest source. One can count on his opinion to be exactly that - his opinion, not bought out by developers or publishers. That makes him a better source of reviews than most outlets.

     

    He's entertaining, though that is certainly subjective.

     

    His opinions tend to line up with mine pretty well. Not to say that I follow his opinion, because I generally explore games myself first.

     

     

     

    I see no reason for myself to not listen to his reviews. I'd take him seriously before putting weight into Gamespot, IGN, or any of those other cronies. 

  • Jagwar_FangJagwar_Fang Member UncommonPosts: 264
    Originally posted by DMKano
    Originally posted by Kinchyle
    Angry Joe has been irrelevant for years....

    Yeah tell that to his 1.5 million followers

    All that means is there are 1.5 million people that can't think for themselves.  People need to get off social media and start being social again. 

     

    Besides, Who cares how many followers he has?  Are they going to end world hunger or even bring lasting peace and harmony to the entire planet ushering in a world wide utopian society?  No?  Then he is no one special just like 99.9999% of the rest of us.  

  • ElRenmazuoElRenmazuo Member RarePosts: 5,361
    Originally posted by laserit

    How big are the zones? What would you compare them to size wise.

     Curious

    http://destiny.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Planets_and_Moons

    Earth

    Earth is home to a number of locations that can be visited by Guardians. Below is a complete list of the known locations on Earth.

    • The City - humanity's last remaining means of civilization located below the Tower.
    • The Tower - home of the Guardians, a non-combat social place.
    • Old Chicago - the town of ruins once known as Chicago.
    • Old Russia - a toxic, alien-infested wasteland once known as Kazakhstan.
    • Twilight Gap - an important part of humanity's history home to the Crucible map of the same name.
    • The Wall - a large barrier built by the Titans to protect the City from alien species.
    • Overwatch District - a district in the City, a non-combat social place.
    • Mumbai Push - a ruined land filled with "jungle-choked towers" presumably known once as Mumbai, India.
    • Eastern Flood Zone - a flat, dry grassland home to the Crucible map Rusted Lands.
    • European Dead Zone - an unknown area presumed to be in or near what was once known as Europe.
    • Array - a large building in or near Old Russia.

    Europa

    Europa is a moon orbiting Jupiter.

    Humanity once had a colony on Europa but lost it during the Collapse. Now, abandoned cities submerged beneath the ice are all that remain.

    Mercury

    Gamescom 2014 revealed Mercury's first Crucible map, Burning Shrine, confirming the planet's visitation.

    Mars

    During the Golden Age, Mars was once home to a populated human metropolis, Freehold, a massive city that now lies buried beneath the planet's red dust, with only the peaks of its tallest skyscrapers poking out of the dunes as evidence that it ever existed.  Guardians can now climb into those skyscrapers from their upper levels and venture into the depths below to discover what items and enemies may lie below the surface.

      Dust Palace
    Mars Exclusion Zone
    Meridian Bay

    Phobos

    Phobos is one of the Mars' moons. The Cabal have somehow managed to alter its orbit.

    Venus

      Citadel
    Endless Steps
    Maat Mons
     

    Moon

    Accelerator
    Hellmouth
    Mare Cognitum
    Moonbase

    Here are some exploration gameplay of two zones

    Moon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTdHFMDrOpU

    Earth - Old Russia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdYBrGImtgo

     
  • Jagwar_FangJagwar_Fang Member UncommonPosts: 264
    Originally posted by Aeander
    Originally posted by Roin
    Still trying to figure out why anyone listens to him.

    His opinions tend to line up with mine pretty well. Not to say that I follow his opinion, because I generally explore games myself first.

    That is all you needed to say.   You make up your own mind.   That's more than a lot that I've seen post here about his reviews can say.  Too many mindless zombies troll these boards and use him as empirical data without playing the games themselves or playing very little.

  • natpicknatpick Member UncommonPosts: 271
    twitch tv currently has about 50k people watching destiny if anyone wants to find any info about the game just get on twitch you dont need some  idiot reviewer  to tell how bad the game is,just see for yourself.that guy is making a living out of reviewing games so he opens himself up to critic.
  • ElRenmazuoElRenmazuo Member RarePosts: 5,361
    Originally posted by Bannuk

    All that means is there are 1.5 million people that can't think for themselves.  People need to get off social media and start being social again.

    Than why are you here?

    The whole hipster attitude is getting old thinking that your some how mentally superior to others and thinking others cant think for them selves because they dont share the same opinions and taste as you.  Im sure there are 1.5 million who views things the same way you do and some guy of the opposite taste is also saying about your crowd cant think for them selves either.

     

     

     

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  • rojoArcueidrojoArcueid Member EpicPosts: 10,722
    The game is about to launch, i just hope they added the option to disable the forced aim assist. I hated that from alpha and beta, with a passion.




  • rojoArcueidrojoArcueid Member EpicPosts: 10,722
    Originally posted by DMKano
    Originally posted by rojoArcueid
    The game is about to launch, i just hope they added the option to disable the forced aim assist. I hated that from alpha and beta, with a passion.

    Aim assist is here to stay, as they don't want to alienate casual gamers (which will be the majority of the playerbase).

     

    yeah i dont mind having it there, just let me manually turn it off in the options. Its really annoying. I get even less kills with aim assist on....





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  • GravargGravarg Member UncommonPosts: 3,424
    I'll stick with Firefall.  It's free and a real MMO.  You play with numerous players, and can join a Platoon of upto 20 other players.  Destiny doesn't have an open world, it's a lobby game.
  • rojoArcueidrojoArcueid Member EpicPosts: 10,722
    Originally posted by Mtibbs1989
    Originally posted by rojoArcueid
    Originally posted by DMKano
    Originally posted by rojoArcueid
    The game is about to launch, i just hope they added the option to disable the forced aim assist. I hated that from alpha and beta, with a passion.

    Aim assist is here to stay, as they don't want to alienate casual gamers (which will be the majority of the playerbase).

     

    yeah i dont mind having it there, just let me manually turn it off in the options. Its really annoying. I get even less kills with aim assist on....

    If we use the PS4 version... does that mean we can Keyboard and Mouse?!?! But serious **** aim assist.

    i hope not. Mouse would completely ruin console gameplay IMO. People use gamepads on PC knowing that they will have a huge disadvantage with shooters. Bringing the mouse to the consoles just kills the console experience for those who dont use it and expect to win a match. Mind as well stick to PC instead. Kb for chatting? sure, mouse for gameplay? i hope not.





  • NevulusNevulus Member UncommonPosts: 1,288
    Originally posted by rojoArcueid
    Originally posted by Mtibbs1989
    Originally posted by rojoArcueid
    Originally posted by DMKano
    Originally posted by rojoArcueid
    The game is about to launch, i just hope they added the option to disable the forced aim assist. I hated that from alpha and beta, with a passion.

    Aim assist is here to stay, as they don't want to alienate casual gamers (which will be the majority of the playerbase).

     

    yeah i dont mind having it there, just let me manually turn it off in the options. Its really annoying. I get even less kills with aim assist on....

    If we use the PS4 version... does that mean we can Keyboard and Mouse?!?! But serious **** aim assist.

    i hope not. Mouse would completely ruin console gameplay IMO. People use gamepads on PC knowing that they will have a huge disadvantage with shooters. Bringing the mouse to the consoles just kills the console experience for those who dont use it and expect to win a match. Mind as well stick to PC instead. Kb for chatting? sure, mouse for gameplay? i hope not.

    Lots of people using keyboard/mouse since beta on both xbone and ps4. The PS4 version does not support keyboard & mouse native, like other games on the PS4, but there is already a way to make it happen. Google it. The settings for the mouse need to be played with & you need to pump sensitivity in the game to max.

     

    At least the console doesn't have rampant aimbot cheating. Well not that I know of.

     

    Now if only they can fix the frame pacing issue in Destiny that makes the game studder down to a 22fps feel. It's been written about since alpha and they still have not fixed it.

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  • jpnzjpnz Member Posts: 3,529

    As one of those 1.5M followers I find the 'hate' AJ gets amusing. ROFL!

    As always, I like that AJ just tells it like it is for this game in that video. Whether I find what I see on that video interesting enough to buy Destiny is another issue.

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    Informing people about your thoughts and impressions is not a review, it's a blog.

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